Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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- Details of your operating system
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop)
- The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
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1. I recently install the update for Illustrator CC on a Mac with OS version 10.13.6. 2. When I attempt open files created with the previous
- I recently install the update for Illustrator CC on a Mac with OS version 10.13.6. 2. When I attempt open files created with the previous version I get the popup message "Cannot open the illustration. When I click OK the file opens wi
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Problem merging dates from CSV into graph
When merging data into an Illustrator file to create a batch of bar graphs based on a group of CSV files, numerical dates merge into the graph data as numbers with decimals instead of dates. A 6/30/16 date merges into Illustrator as 6.00 and 12/31/16 becomes 12.00, so every date with the same month appears the same. This also messes up the graph, leaving the chart with two categories instead of one of the data columns being assigned to the x-axis.
This includes when dates are formatted (in Excel) as text, and when the dates include hyphens or periods instead of slashes, but the process works properly when the dates are formatted (in Excel) as dates but use the spelled-out format (ex. June 30, 2017).
We have run through a detailed discussion on the forums here, including step-by-step process with screenshots: https://forums.adobe.com/message/10573090. The end result appears to be an outside script, which is an unfortunate workaround solution to what appears to be a bug within the program.
When merging data into an Illustrator file to create a batch of bar graphs based on a group of CSV files, numerical dates merge into the graph data as numbers with decimals instead of dates. A 6/30/16 date merges into Illustrator as 6.00 and 12/31/16 becomes 12.00, so every date with the same month appears the same. This also messes up the graph, leaving the chart with two categories instead of one of the data columns being assigned to the x-axis.
This includes when dates are formatted (in Excel) as text, and when the dates include hyphens or periods instead…
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Let's fix Adobe's attitude!
Recently seeing this thread on Illustrator performance really irked me.
11 replies to a topic with users in agreeance, and yet Admin says "Nothing actionable"
Really???
1 voteUnless we get specefic actionable items it will not be possible for us to correct. Performance can be due to variety of reason a file type , a particular type of object on the file (e.g. a large raster), some interference with software that interfere with our event etc… Please help us to help you.
Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
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Not responsonding
Every time I am working in Illustrator & switch to a different app, Illustrator will hang when I return causing me to wait prior to returning to my work. So, for example if I am working on an illustration then go to google chrome to look at something online then return to my work in Illustrator it will hang & become unresponsive for a little bit of time (1 - 2 minutes) after waiting I can continue to work . I have already followed the steps outline by Adobe (found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/optimize-illustrator-performance-windows.html) to increase performance within the app & it has not alleviated any symptoms. Illustrator does works well when I am in it just to note.
My system specifications:
8600k
16GB of ram
GTX 1080
512GB NVME
Windows 10
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Illustrator 22.1by no means is my system not capable of handling the tasks thrown at it.
Every time I am working in Illustrator & switch to a different app, Illustrator will hang when I return causing me to wait prior to returning to my work. So, for example if I am working on an illustration then go to google chrome to look at something online then return to my work in Illustrator it will hang & become unresponsive for a little bit of time (1 - 2 minutes) after waiting I can continue to work . I have already followed the steps outline by Adobe (found here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/optimize-illustrator-performance-windows.html) to increase performance within the app &…
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import png from Photoshop or Capto results in an invisible link
Illustrator CC 22.1, OSX 10.13.6
When importing a .png or .jpeg from photoshop or as a screen capture from Capto, the link appears in the links panel, but is invisible on the art board or the paste board. If you click go to link in the links panel, it takes you an extremity on the pasteboard, but the link is not visible and cannot be selected.
Expected result, to see the .png on the art board. When searching for link on pasteboard, that it would be visible.
Actual result, link is not visible anywhere, but appears in link palette.
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Artboard
When copying one art board and saving PDF. The PDF will sometimes save a extra page automatically. Can easily be fixed in adobe acrobat by deleting the extra copied pages but wish I didn't have to do that in first place.
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Can't export png file macOS 10.13.6
- Details of your operating system and version of Adobe Illustrator Use artboard "Save for web" or "Export to PNG" both failed
GPU Info:
Illustrator Version: 22.1.0
OpenGL Version: 4.1 INTEL-10.36.19
Number of Displays: 1
Number of Drivers: 1
Vendor: Intel Inc.
Renderer: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 650
ActiveDriverIndex: 0
Driver[0] Name: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 650
Driver[0] Adapter RAM: 1536
DefaultEnableGPU: 1The steps you were taking when you experienced the issues
Open bug.ai then export pngYour expected result
No error, PNG export properlyYour actual result
Error dialog show while preview
[Optional] Upload your Illustrator file or a video
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PDF file with Opacity Mask using a 1-Bit tiff when Exporting PNG with Anti-Aliasing TURNED OFF does not render correctly.
BUG: When exporting a PDF file as a PNG containing an Opacity Mask made with a 1-Bit tif file AND Anti-Alias turned off in the PNG Export options does not render correctly. The opacity mask is not WYSIWYG in the exported PNG file. The PNG file contains part of the mask information (from left to right).
The same issue occurs when opening the same PDF file in Adobe Photoshop. If the Anti-aliasing is turned off the resulting PNG is incorrect (although the thumbnail in the PDF import screen IS correct.
If Anti-aliasing is turned ON in either scenario the resulting PNG is WYSIWYG.
We need PNG files without Anti-aliased edges that match their PDF counterparts.
Fig A PDF screenshot
Fig B PNG export from AI PDF file & when imported into PSD (anti-aliasing OFF)
Fig C PNG export from AI PDF file & PNG created when imported into PSD (anti-aliasing ON)
DETAILS:
Mac OS 10.12.6
AI 22.1BUG: When exporting a PDF file as a PNG containing an Opacity Mask made with a 1-Bit tif file AND Anti-Alias turned off in the PNG Export options does not render correctly. The opacity mask is not WYSIWYG in the exported PNG file. The PNG file contains part of the mask information (from left to right).
The same issue occurs when opening the same PDF file in Adobe Photoshop. If the Anti-aliasing is turned off the resulting PNG is incorrect (although the thumbnail in the PDF import screen IS correct.
If Anti-aliasing is turned ON in either scenario…
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new can not open
new files can not open
what I do1 vote -
Drop shadow rendering/applying inaccurately
BUG: Drop Shadow Effect is rendering or being applied inaccurately (see screenshot)
This is constant between multiple files.
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Built-In Memory: 32668 MB
System Info:
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
ExtendScript 2014/12/03-09:00:00 80.1 80.1
Extensibility Library 2.0.0.51
FilterPort 1.1 79.599148
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System 10.0.17134.167
International Components for Unicode 58, 2, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 58, 1, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 58, 2, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 2017/02/28-14:54:50 Build gtlib_11.0.22147
International Components for Unicode 58, 2, 0, 0
Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows 4, 4, 2016, 0127
JP2KLib 2018/06/25-18:00:38 79.271024 79.271024
Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler 10.1
LogSession 8.0.0.25.47373
MPS 2018/07/11-01:09:47 79.599093 79.599093
OpenCV library 3.3.1
OpenCV library 3.3.1
PDFPort 2018/07/12-01:10:28 79.599148 79.599148
Adobe PDFSettings 1.04
Adobe Illustrator 23.0
Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 20.0
Adobe(R) CEP PlugPlugExternalObject Standard Dll (64 bit) 9.2.0
Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlugOwl Standard Dll (64 bit) 9.2.0.83
Adobe India Sangam Core Code 2018/06/06-01:10:10 79.270872 79.270872
Adobe India SangamML Import from Sangam 2018/06/06-01:10:10 79.270872 79.270872
ScCore 2014/12/03-09:00:00 80.1 80.1
Sprout by HP Platform 1.0.4.3241
SVGExport 6, 0, 0, 0 79.583414
SVGRE 6, 0, 0, 0 79.583414
Intel(R) C/C++/Fortran Compiler 17.0.0
Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows 2017, 0, 2017, 0118
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
Teigha® for .dwg files 3.05.1.0
UXTECH 1.0 23.68434
Vulcan Application Control Library 5.4.0.12
Vulcan Message Library 5.4.0.12
WRServices Thur June 14 2018 12:26:24 Build 0.23461 0.23461
ATEBUG: Drop Shadow Effect is rendering or being applied inaccurately (see screenshot)
This is constant between multiple files.
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Built-In Memory: 32668 MB
System Info:
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2019 13.0.0
ExtendScript 2014/12/03-09:00:00 80.1 80.1
Extensibility Library 2.0.0.51
FilterPort 1.1 79.599148
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System 10.0.17134.167
International Components for Unicode 58, 2, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 58, 1, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 58, 2, 0, 0
International Components for Unicode 2017/02/28-14:54:50 Build gtlib_11.0.22147
International Components for Unicode 58,…1 vote -
Picking a colour from the Library, randomly opens the colour picker
I've got a shared library with assets and colours to use in the work we're doing. When I have an object selected and I pick the colour from the library, it's 50/50 if the colour picker dialog box is going to open or not. I don't want it to open, I've clicked the colour I want to use, so why does it pop up and get in the way? Really annoying!!
AI 22.1
Windoze 101 vote -
Illustrator CC 2018 thinks the Creative Cloud Application isn't installed, can't access libraries in-app
Trying to access Creative Cloud Libraries via the Illustrator in-app panel, shows message as in the attached image. I'm preeety sure CC is installed (as seen in image).
Running:
- Illustrator CC 2018 Ver. 22.1 (64-bit) (Latest)
- Windows 10 Ver. 1803 (Latest)
- Creative Cloud Ver. 4.6.0.384 (Latest)
I saw someone mention graphics driver on a similar issue, GeForce Experience thinks I am on the latest driver.1 vote -
Properties of Placed Illustrator file
I have a illustrator design file, I could able to place the file in another Illustrator design document, but when I read the properties of the placed object the "name" value shows empty.
Consider this as a bug and fix in future release
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"Apply value and keep text box active" using key command Shift + Return does not work on Mac OS
when you change something in the Character panel... for example the tracking... and you want to keep trying new values without selecting the field every time you used to be able to hit Shift + Return and it would automatically highlight the field while applying the current value... this made it easy to continue to try new amounts. PLEASE FIX THIS!!! Thanks
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Not Responding When Click in Font Box
When we click in the Font Box for the first time, it gets hang for 30 to 40 seconds. We have 5th and 6th Gen Intel Systems. Please look into this issue.
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Illustrator artboards moving with zoom in/out and not saving.
Illustrator artboards moving with zoom in/out and not saving. I get this error when I try to save an .ai
1 votePlease get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator -
Application stops working and take a lot of time to start (openning).
Application stops working and take a lot of time to start (openning), all this come happenning after the last update.
1 votePlease get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator -
Place Jumbling Points on Artwork
MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Illustrator 22.1
I was working on an ad and placed the logo of the company and part of the logo looked strange. Turns out it is jumbling random points on random outlines of the logo.
Regular place.
Jumbled partial logo.
1 votePlease get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
Warm Regards,
Ashutosh Chaturvedi | Sr. Quality Engineering Manager – Illustrator -
Windows 10: Libraries panel - item naming bug
On Windows, Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow allows you to navigate text by jumping between words. If you use Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right Arrow, it will also select as you jump between words.
The bug: In Illustrator, when typing a name for an item in the Libraries panel, if you try to use either of these shortcuts, it will also move the selected graphic on the artboard.
Solution: stop sending any keyboard input to the main Illustrator window when typing a name in the Libraries panel.
1 voteSorry we could not understand the issue. We do not support shifting between words using shortcuts but it should not be placing art on your file if you are in rename mode on the library panel
Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here. -
Legacy "save as" from CC2018 does not work
"Save as" to legacy CS6 , CS5, etc. from CC2018 does not work - although it looks like it does. Trying to open the file in CS6 will get an error that the file was created in a newer version. To confirm the file has not been converted to CS6 (or other legacy version), check the file window. It will display no version number and right-clicking on the file and choosing "get info" will also show no version number.
To work around the bug, launch CS2017 and "save as" to the desired legacy version. You will now see a version listed in the version column of your file window (16 for CS6, 15 for CS5) and choosing "get info" by right-clicking on the file will now show v.16 or v.15.
"Save as" to legacy CS6 , CS5, etc. from CC2018 does not work - although it looks like it does. Trying to open the file in CS6 will get an error that the file was created in a newer version. To confirm the file has not been converted to CS6 (or other legacy version), check the file window. It will display no version number and right-clicking on the file and choosing "get info" will also show no version number.
To work around the bug, launch CS2017 and "save as" to the desired legacy version. You will now see a version…
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